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  • RIAA campaign against file sharers resurfaces

    May 22, 2012

    The US Supreme Court’s refusal to hear a $675,000 jury verdict for the RIAA against one man who illegally downloaded 30 songs 10 years ago has revived a debate that could mean more bad press for IP

  • Quiz of the week May 14-18

    May 21, 2012

    How much attention have you been paying to IP developments in the past week? Test your knowledge with Managing IP’s news quiz

  • Quiz of the week – INTA Annual Meeting 2012

    May 14, 2012

    This week’s IP quiz questions all relate to last week’s INTA Annual Meeting in Washington DC. How many can you answer?

  • What’s on this week

    May 14, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP conferences, decisions and meetings taking place this week

  • INTA’s Unreal campaign challenges teens

    May 09, 2012

    “Who has downloaded music?” asked Christopher Robertson of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. “I promise I’m not going to take any names.” At this, nearly everyone raised a hand. The better question, perhaps, was who hadn’t illegally downloaded music.

  • When the content is the trademark

    May 08, 2012

    In 2000, a bookstore owner in the UK found a poster in the shop with the words “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The owner hung it in the store and, when customers inquired about it, began selling copies. Since then, the phrase and the lone graphic—the crown of King George VI­­—have become iconic. Others have even registered the phrase as a trademark.

  • Interview: Julie Alexa Strauss, Feld Entertainment

    May 08, 2012

    Julie Alexa Strauss of Feld Entertainment describes her love of live entertainment, the battle to enforce trademark rights, and why she wants outside counsel to understand her business.

  • The changing face of ambush marketing

    May 08, 2012

    Events organizers need to stay one step ahead of ambush marketers if they want to protect their brands and keep their sponsors happy. Emma Barraclough explains how they are meeting the challenges of the social media revolution.

  • Freedom of speech or a violation of the right of publicity?

    May 08, 2012

    In advance of today’s session on trademarks and publicity rights, Karen Bolipata looks at the evolution of the law on the use of brands and celebrities in expressive works.

  • Jury declines to rule on fair use in Oracle v Google

    May 07, 2012

    A US jury has found that Google infringed “the overall structure, sequence and organization” of 37 of Oracle’s copyrighted Application Programming Interface (API) packages

  • It’s s301 time: here’s who’s up, and who’s down

    May 01, 2012

    The US government has published its annual list naming and shaming countries that it claims have failed to protect the IP rights of its citizens and companies

  • Copyright owners consider digital exchange options

    April 30, 2012

    Copyright owners and the businesses that offer digital content services face a problem: how to identify, organise and license the rights involved. An industry initiative hopes to help

  • What’s on this week

    April 30, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP decisions, conferences and events to watch out for this week

  • Unitary patent on the agenda on World IP Day

    April 27, 2012

    The UK's IP minister reaffirmed the country's support for a unitary patent at an event to mark World IP Day yesterday

  • YouTube told it must filter copyrighted videos

    April 25, 2012

    A court in Germany has become the first to rule that YouTube must use filtering technology to check for copyright infringement, in this case for repeated uploads

  • What’s on this week April 23-27

    April 23, 2012

    Managing IP lists the IP meetings, conferences and decisions to watch out for this week

  • Supreme Court revives Omega v Costco issues

    April 17, 2012

    The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Supap Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons, a case that addresses whether goods manufactured and purchased abroad are subject to the first sale doctrine

  • Weekly IP quiz April 9 to 13

    April 13, 2012

    This week's quiz questions cover gTLDs, UK IP policy, ACTA - and Jeremy Lin. How many can you answer?

  • Conference report: Judge Denny Chin, the Jeremy Lin of law

    April 12, 2012

    Judge Denny Chin wanted attendees of the Fordham IP China Conference to know two things: First, he is not an IP expert. Second, he is not a China expert

  • Why harmonisation has a future

    April 12, 2012

    Things are moving again at WIPO. That was the clear message from IP negotiators speaking at the Fordham IP conference in New York

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